Testing MacJournal
I’m just checking out MacJournal, a fairly cheap ($22) program that not only allows you to keep personal journals (locked securely on your Mac) but also lets you keep public journals. What we like to call “blogs”.
So, guess what!?! You can post these public journal entries (blogs) to...you guessed it...your blog.
So I’m going to give that a try. If this looks weird or doesn’t work, blame MacJournal.
I haven’t figured out how to use them yet, but apparently MacJournal also supports goodies like smilies ☺ and wiki text as well (not sure what that means yet.)
Looks like you can set tags. It seems to know something about categories, though I can’t figure out how to set it. Maybe it will do that when I upload it to the server.
EDIT: Just tested editing an existing entry from MacJournal as well. Pretty cool.
As I create more entries in MacJournal, it will automatically link to them. That’s sweet.
I Love Stats
I won't bore you with the details, 'cause the numbers I am getting excited about would make a lot of you point and giggle, but there are a couple of stats I am getting pretty excited about.
Of the millions (ok, thousands) of people that visit this site, only 22% are using any flavor of Internet Explorer. Then we have about 75% Firefox, and the rest split between Safari and Opera.
The OS wars aren't quite as much fun, but still pretty cool. Not the 98% Windows that one might expect. Only 55% Windows, 35% Linux, and 10% Mac OS X.
The tides they are a changin', my friend.
Apple Hits a Foul Ball with iTunes Movie Rentals
Anyone that knows me knows that I'm a huge fan of anything Apple. I own a MacBook Pro, an iPhone, and probably half a dozen iPods. I plan to buy a Time Capsule in the near future. I love the idea of being able to back up my MBP just by walking in the room. But, while I also love the idea of Apple TV, I haven't come up with a good excuse to buy one.
I thought that I had finally found that excuse with the introduction of iTunes Movie Rentals. What an awesome idea! I can sit down, on a whim, and just start watching a movie (after a brief delay while I wait for the download.) Instant gratification! It's the American way, baby!
It’s a Sad Day Indeed
I thought I had been one of the lucky ones. I thought I wouldn't be afflicted. I thought I had been careful. As it turns out, I had just been naive. At first it was just an irritation, then three bright red marks. Now it seems that death is all but certain. I hear there is hope. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
Yo, Apple! How ’bout some love?
So in Apple's ultimate wisdom, they elected not to include Java 6 in Leopard.
Ooops!
So there's this campain to get an official Apple release of Java 6.
All you have to do is include 13949712720901ForOSX in your post
Here's my vote!
All I Need Is A Hammer!
I remember a bit some comedian did a number years ago about a woman using a screwdriver to put in a nail to hang a picture frame. He went on for 5 or 10 minutes about using the right tool for the job, and convincing her to use a hammer. For some reason I woke up this morning thinking about that bit. It didn't take me long, though, to figure out how closely this fits into some of my resent frustrations. Then I got to thinking...
More Groovy Goodies
I've had quite a few people ask me to put together a follow-up article to my previous post titled What Makes Groovy So...Groovy, so, here it is. Here I'll take a quick look at integrating Groovy with Maven 2, using Groovy for web services, XML parsing, and Hudson's Groovy console integration.
What Makes Groovy So…Groovy?
Ever since attending the No Fluff Just Stuff symposium last month, I've been digging into Groovy, and have frankly been blown away. As I watched the presentations, and as I have done my own research, I have been blown away by Groovy's power. I'm convinced. I have to use Groovy. It's that good. I am, however, having a little trouble convincing others of its coolness. Maybe this will help others. Please leave your comments and let me know what you think. I wrote a blog about it. Here it goes!
As I dig deeper, I find that features of the language fall in to four basic categories:
- Wow! That's really groovy!
- Wow! That's really useful!
- Hmmm...that's good to know.
- Nice...but will I use it?
I will focus on the really useful, much of which is also very groovy, but as my boss might say, "groovy don't pay the rent." (He's kind of weird like that.)